50 Cent on course for first ever UK Number 1 single

50 Cent’s My Life FT Eminem and Adam Levine looks set to knock Will.I.Am’s Scream And Shout FT Britney Spears off Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart this Sunday.

50 Cent is on course for his first ever Number 1 single in the UK, according to today’s Official Chart Update.

50 Cent’s latest release, My Life, which also features his mentor Eminem andMaroon 5’s Adam Levine, is the New York rapper’s first single as a lead artist since his 2009 Top 20 hit Baby By Me FT Ne-Yo.

My Life is taken from 50 Cent’s upcoming fifth studio album, Street King Immortal, which is slated for release on February 25.

Reigning chart king and queen Will.I.Am and Britney Spears are currently down one place to Number 2 with Scream And Shout, while Justin Timberlake ‘does a Bowie’ this week and blasts back into the public eye without warning.

The US superstar unleashed new track Suit And Tie FT Jay-Z to the world earlier this week, and is now set for a return to the Official Singles Chart for the first time in nearly three years. Suit and Tie is riding at Number 3 midweek, the last time the former 'N Sync star was in the UK Top 10 was guesting on Timbaland’s Carry Out in April 2010.

This week’s Official Chart Update Top 5 is completed by Taylor Swift’s I Knew You Were Trouble (4) and Rihanna’s Stay FT Mikky Ekko (5).

New Entries and High Climbers

In addition to 50 Cent and Justin Timberlake, there are two other new entries on today’s Official Chart Update.

Black Chandelier, the first single to be culled from Biffy Clyro’s long-awaited sixth album, Opposites, looks set to debut at Number 11 on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Samantha Barks, who plays Eponine in Tom Hooper’s big screen adaptation of Les Miserables, debuts at Number 38 with On My Own from the film’s soundtrack album. Anne Hathaway, who plays Fantine in the film, scores this week’s highest climber with I Dreamed A Dream. The track, which was popularised in recent years by Susan Boyle, climbs 59 places to Number 21.

This week’s high climbers are completed by Ne-Yo’s Forever Now, up 29 places to Number 33, and Flo Rida’s Let It Roll, journeying 29 places northward to 33.

The Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 is as follows:

1	MY LIFE	50 CENT FT EMINEM ANDADAM LEVINE
2	SCREAM & SHOUT	WILL.I.AM FT BRITNEY SPEARS
3	SUIT & TIE	JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE FT JAY Z
4	I KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE	TAYLOR SWIFT
5	STAY	RIHANNA FT MIKKY EKKO
6	IMPOSSIBLE	JAMES ARTHUR
7	DRINKING FROM THE BOTTLE	CALVIN HARRIS FT TINIE TEMPAH
8	DON'T STOP THE PARTY	PITBULL FT TJR
9	LOCKED OUT OF HEAVEN	BRUNO MARS
10	KISS YOU	ONE DIRECTION
11	BLACK CHANDELIER	BIFFY CLYRO
12	GANGNAM STYLE	PSY
13	TROUBLEMAKER	OLLY MURS FT FLO RIDA
14	CLOWN	EMELI SANDE
15	SKYFALL	ADELE
16	DIAMONDS	RIHANNA
17	DON'T YOU WORRY CHILD	SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA FT JOHN MARTIN
18	HO HEY	THE LUMINEERS
19	DIE YOUNG	KE$HA
20	BENEATH YOUR BEAUTIFUL	LABRINTH FT EMELI SANDE
21	I DREAMED A DREAM	ANNE HATHAWAY
22	CANDY	ROBBIE WILLIAMS
23	CLIQUE	KANYE WEST AND JAY Z FT BIG SEAN
24	GOLD DUST	DJ FRESH
25	TRY	P!NK
26	JUST ONE LAST TIME	DAVID GUETTA FT TAPED RAI
27	LATCH	DISCLOSURE FT SAM SMITH
28	GIRL ON FIRE	ALICIA KEYS
29	MAGNETIC EYES	MATRIX FT FUTUREBOUND AND BABY BLUE
30	WHERE ARE WE NOW	DAVID BOWIE
31	SWEET NOTHING	CALVIN HARRIS/FLORENCE WELCH
32	NOT A SAINT	VATO GONZALEZ VS LETHAL BIZZLE
33	FOREVER NOW	NE-YO
34	LIGHTNING BOLT	JAKE BUGG
35	LITTLE THINGS	ONE DIRECTION
36	LET IT ROLL	FLO RIDA
37	ONE MORE NIGHT	MAROON 5
38	ON MY OWN	SAMANTHA BARKS
39	BEAUTY AND A BEAT	JUSTIN BIEBER FT NICKI MINAJ
40	HALL OF FAME	THE SCRIPT FT WILL I AM